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Chapter 253: Thank you Midnight Lanz for being the leader
Chapter 253: Thank you Midnight Lanz for being the leader
When Pei Yuan heard the name, he didn't take it seriously at first.
After walking for a while, he stood there in a daze.
Damn it, no way.
Seeing Pei Yuan's reaction, Ding Hong asked carefully, "Captain, what's wrong?"
Pei Yuan came back to his senses.
Counting silently on my fingers.
There were still sixteen years until Qi Jiguang was born...
Oh, this is what happened.
Pei Yuan also didn't know how much influence this little butterfly of his could have on this era.
I don’t know if the child born by Qi Jingtong in the future will still be the original hero.
Pei Yuan calculated silently and it seemed that it would not be many years before the Japanese pirates landed on a large scale.
If we calculate based on the time when Japanese pirates began to become rampant in the middle and late Jiajing period, it seems to be only about thirty years ago.
With this result, Pei Yuan felt a little relieved.
It’s okay, I could still fight at that time.
Then I changed my mind and thought, no, I must be able to do well in my life since I was a child!
If Qi Jiguang had not come out, then the younger generations would have seen the style of the predecessors.
While Pei Yuan was comforting himself, his thoughts turned to the Shandong Defense Force.
If everything goes well with my plan, I can take a chance while I am still young...
Pei Yuan thought about it and said to Ding Hong, "Tell Shi Yong to remember my favor later. Where in the world is it so easy to find a commander-in-chief?"
Ding Hong responded immediately after hearing this.
But he was a little nervous and didn't know how to bring up this matter with the commander of Xuzhou Zuowei.
Pei Yuan looked around the camp and asked Ding Hong, "Have you seen Commander Xu of the Hangzhou vanguard?"
As the highest-ranking captain among the Xuzhou soldiers, Ding Hong helped arrange camping when the Xuzhou Guards' brigade entered the camp.
Naturally, he also knew where Xu Feng's tent was.
So Ding Hong led the way and took Pei Yuan to find Xu Feng.
With Ding Hong by Pei Yuan's side, the Xuzhou soldiers guarding outside Xu Feng's tent did not stop them.
Perhaps they heard the rustling of the two men's boots. When Pei Yuan and Ding Hong arrived in front of the tent, a voice shouted, "Who is so ignorant of the rules that you are walking around outside my tent?"
Ding Hong looked at Pei Yuan.
He didn't know what this person was here for, so he didn't know what to say.
Pei Yuan said directly, "It's me, Pei Yuan."
When these four words were heard, there was an obvious panic in the tent, and then there was the slight friction sound of a knife being unsheathed.
Then Xu Feng shouted, "Pei Yuan, what are you doing here? Someone come! Someone come quickly!"
Ding Hong felt something was wrong. What was going on?
Pei Yuan glanced at Ding Hong.
Ding Hong vaguely understood what Pei Yuan meant.
He was a little flustered, but what he saw tonight and his fear of Pei Yuan made him not dare to think of sitting on the fence and watching at this time.
Ding Hong quickly waved to the Xuzhou soldiers who were about to approach, signaling them to retreat.
The guards were still a little hesitant.
Ding Hong immediately stared at him fiercely.
Ding Hong's heart was pounding rapidly. In his panic, he had even prepared himself mentally for Captain Pei and the others to suddenly attack and he would rush into the tent with them.
Ding Hong didn't know why he had such an impulsive thought.
But the instinct is to obey.
Pei Yuan also heard the sound of swords being drawn inside.
He didn't care at all about Xu Feng's outward appearance of being fierce but actually being weak, and cooperated very well by taking out his Bazhou sword outside the tent.
With a "clang" sound, the precious sword that had accompanied the Hebei tycoon Liu Qi in his quest for power was pulled out of its sheath.
Pei Yuan stood there expressionlessly, holding a knife, letting his shadow be reflected on the tent under the firelight in the camp.
Xu Feng in the tent became more and more panicked and shouted a few more times, trying to call the guards.
At Ding Hong's suggestion, the guards outside were hesitant to leave.
Seeing Pei Yuan draw his sword directly, he felt a little restless for a moment.
The person in the tent was a third-rank commander. They couldn't just watch him get hacked to death like this.
Looking at the guards exchanging glances, they seemed to be ready to move forward.
Ding Hong also drew out his knife without hesitation.
Pei Yuan held a knife and faced the tent.
Ding Hong held the knife with his back to the tent, facing the guards.
The flickering campfire cast their shadows on the tent.
Xu Feng, realizing that the situation was indeed not good, had already begun to cower. He quickly shouted, "Captain Pei, we are officials in the same dynasty. If we have anything to say, let's talk it out nicely!"
Pei Yuan listened and said calmly, "Okay, I'll ask you questions and you can answer them."
Xu Feng hurriedly said, "Okay, okay."
Then he added, "Qian Hu, put away your knife first."
Pei Yuan ignored this and continued in a deep voice, "No matter what I ask you, as long as you tell me the truth, I will never bother with you, and I will definitely ensure your safe entry into the capital. If you lie, I will have you thrown into the swamp outside."
Since Xu Feng took over the position, he has never experienced being blocked at the door by someone with a knife.
He could only swallow his anger and say, "Just let Captain Pei ask."
All the trusted servants brought by Xu Feng were assigned by him to serve as grassroots officers in charge of the Xuzhou soldiers. He did not think that he would encounter a situation where he would be killed.
Now he could only delay time as much as possible and wait for his trusted followers to notice the situation here.
Perhaps the brief exchange between the two sides eased the atmosphere somewhat, and the guards began to wait and see.
Pei Yuan asked in a deep voice, "As the commander of the Hangzhou vanguard, why are you going to Xuzhou this time?"
Xu Feng was slightly surprised when he heard this.
Isn't Pei Yuan very clear about this? He was at the scene at the time.
Fortunately, it was precisely because of this that Xu Feng had nothing to hide, so he answered truthfully, "This time I went to Xuzhou to report to the eunuch Lu Ting, the commander-in-chief of military affairs, that Wang Chang, the Minister of War in Nanjing, was colluding with the bandits in Bazhou."
Xu Feng paused for a moment, thinking that the person in question was right in front of him, and could only say, "Uh, he also reported you, Captain Pei."
Ding Hong looked back in surprise, but only saw Pei Yuan holding a knife with his back to him.
Pei Yuan asked calmly, "Report me on what?"
Xu Feng had already said those words in front of Lu Ting and Pei Yuan, so there was no reason to change it now. He could only reluctantly say, "Report that you are too close to Wang Chang, the Minister of War of Nanjing, and may be involved in this matter."
Pei Yuan asked, "Do you have any evidence for this matter?"
Xu Feng replied, "When the Bazhou bandits besieged Taoyuan County, I was there. Later, I also saw with my own eyes that Wang Chang and Captain Pei were very close. Wang Chang, as the Minister of War, heard that you were coming to Xuzhou, and he had already left the city for a long time, but turned back to greet you."
"So I suspected that there might be something fishy going on, and that's why I took it to heart."
The words "Nanjing Minister of War" flashed silently in Ding Hong's mind. Thinking about what Xu Feng had just said, he couldn't help but feel it was outrageous.
The Minister of War rode back to welcome him in person. What kind of treatment is this?
Pei Yuan hummed and said lightly, "It is indeed the truth."
Then, Pei Yuan said with a forced smile, "I won't hide it from you. Everything you said is true. Wang Chang's charges are true, and so are my charges." "What?" Xu Feng was shocked by Pei Yuan's frankness.
His eyes rolled around and he suddenly realized something terrible.
This guy blocked the door with a knife and confessed the crimes himself.
This……
Aren't you here to silence me?
Xu Feng's forehead was covered with sweat, and his voice was trembling. "Don't joke, Captain. Maybe I made a mistake."
Pei Yuan said slowly, "You and I both know the truth, there's nothing to say."
Xu Feng's hands were tightly gripping the knife, and his palms were already starting to get wet.
He was thinking about how to address this.
Then Pei Yuan slowly asked, "Where was I when you reported me?"
Xu Feng in the tent didn't dare to say a word.
Pei Yuan's face darkened slightly, and he shouted, "Speak!"
Xu Feng could only say, "Captain Pei was also in the hall at that time."
Pei Yuan asked again, "What about the eunuch Lu who is in charge of military affairs?"
Xu Feng said, "Eunuch Lu..., of course he was there at that time."
Pei Yuan gave Xu Feng some time to calm down before continuing to ask, "What did Eunuch Lu say after hearing your story?"
When Xu Feng heard this, he was also prompted by Pei Yuan to recall what happened at that time.
He said rather embarrassedly, "Eunuch Lu said that I was biting others and ruining state affairs, and he also wanted to kill me."
Then Pei Yuan asked again, "When Eunuch Lu wanted to kill you, who pleaded for you?"
Xu Feng replied, "It's Captain Xiao. Uh..."
Xu Feng thought about what happened later and didn't know what to say, "And, and you, Captain Pei."
"Haha." Pei Yuan smiled.
Hearing Pei Yuan's meaningful smile, and thinking about the situation he and Pei Yuan had just reviewed together, Xu Feng suddenly felt a chill.
He suddenly had a bold guess that he had never thought of before.
There was silence inside and outside the tent for a moment.
Then Pei Yuan asked again, "What are you thinking about?"
Xu Feng didn't know how to answer, but he had to answer, so he could only stammer, "I, I..."
Pei Yuan asked leisurely, "Are you thinking about how you, the commander of the Hangzhou vanguard, went to the eunuch admiral to report me, a mere captain, and ended up asking me to plead for you?"
"Are you still thinking that the eunuch who is in charge of military affairs is not my man, just like the Minister of War in Nanjing?"
Without waiting for Xu Feng to answer.
Then Pei Yuan said, "Then think about it again. Why didn't I let Eunuch Lu kill you and put an end to it, but instead pleaded for you and gave you the opportunity to sue me at the Ministry of War in Beijing?"
Xu Feng's voice trembled as he asked, "Why?"
There are two real reasons.
One is that Pei Yuan hoped that Xu Feng would tell the current Minister of War He Jian that Wang Chang had surrendered to Lu Wan and regarded Lu Wan as the leader of the eunuch party. Xu Feng, the commander of the Hangzhou vanguard, would pass the news back to Beijing, which would make the credibility of this intelligence very high.
Another thing is that Wang Chang has already submitted the report of his victory in leading his army to besiege and kill the bandit leader Qi Yanming. Before they arrive in Beijing, they will submit it to the Ministry of War and the Cabinet, and the emperor may have already finished the celebration banquet.
Xu Feng wanted to sue Wang Chang for colluding with Pei Yuan and the Bazhou bandits, which was simply an insult to the court's intelligence.
Pei Yuan naturally wouldn't tell Xu Feng these things, he just said calmly, "If I don't let you sue again, how can you give up?"
Xu Feng seemed to have been struck by a bolt from the blue. He could not help but blurt out in the tent, "You mean the Beijing Military Department..."
Pei Yuan laughed and interrupted Xu Feng.
The tent immediately became deathly quiet.
Xu Feng was silent, but Ding Hong outside felt as if his heart was in turmoil.
He was from Xuzhou Wei. The Xuzhou Zuowei and Xuzhou Wei given to him by Pei Yuan were both under the jurisdiction of Nanzhili, and their promotions and appointments were all under the management of the Nanjing Ministry of War.
Combined with what I have seen and heard before, I can basically string some things together.
Gu Dayong used this premise to appoint the military governor and the guilty minister to bring down the person. Then the current military governor Lu Ting forged military merits for him. Finally, the Nanjing Ministry of War approved the promotion and appointment.
Afterwards, the generals and commanders who were coerced were responsible for writing letters on behalf of Gu Dayong to get him out of there.
This basically forms a closed loop where people act recklessly and do whatever they want.
And judging from what Xu Feng didn't finish saying, the Beijing Ministry of War might also have an unclear relationship with this side!
No wonder Pei Yuan, a mere fifth-rank captain, dared to ask for a commander-in-chief!
It turned out that all the thousands of troops in the three borders and two capitals were carried on Pei Qianhu's shoulders.
I never thought that a little boy like me, Ding Hong, could marry into such a wealthy family.
Ding Hong stood behind Pei Yuan with a knife in his hand, looking majestic, like a dog on a leash.
Perhaps it was the silence outside that made Xu Feng in the tent a little unbearable. He finally asked, "What do you want?"
Pei Yuan said calmly, "I don't want to do anything."
Although Pei Yuan has united some forces around him now, he still has to be wary of Xu Feng's desperate move.
Then he said to the tent, "When you have finished your visit to the Beijing Military Department and have completely given up, I will go to the prison and get you out. I see that you are a thoughtful person, so you should work for me in the future."
Ding Hong was a little angry when he heard no sound from the tent.
I am the commander of the Left Guard of Xuzhou, but I have to follow the orders of the thousand-householder commander. You have not accomplished anything and have made historical mistakes, yet you still dare to act so arrogantly at this time.
But before Ding Hong could take the opportunity to express his loyalty, Pei Yuan said, "Well, let's talk about it later. Just remember what I said, even if you are arrested and tortured by the Ministry of War, don't think of committing suicide."
Pei Yuan thought for a moment and added, "Well, it's best not to say what you shouldn't say. Because it's useless to say it."
After Pei Yuan finished speaking, he put the Bazhou sword back into its sheath.
He signaled Ding Hong to leave with him.
Ding Hong also put away his knife and followed happily.
When Ding Hong passed by the bewildered guards, he warned them with a pretentious warning, "Don't say what you shouldn't say."
Pei Yuanzheng was walking, he looked back at Ding Hong and frowned slightly.
Seeing this, Ding Hong hurried over and said, "Captain, what's wrong?"
Pei Yuan looked at Ding Hong and said calmly, "Kneel down."
Ding Hong quickly knelt down in front of Pei Yuan and asked nervously, "What's wrong?"
Pei Yuan said again, "Stretch out your hand."
Ding Hong spread out his two big hands blankly.
Pei Yuan patted his hands, motioning for them to be withdrawn, and then he couldn't help but sigh, and said thoughtfully, "I seem to have done something unnecessary."
Ding Hong asked nervously, "Is it related to my position?"
"Um……"
Pei Yuan said frankly, "Although I want to use you and give you an official position, people's hearts are hidden, and there are some things that we have to guard against. So I took you to see Xu Feng, just to let you know that reporting is useless, and don't have any other thoughts."
"But now it seems a bit redundant."
After hearing this, Ding Hong's face suddenly turned red, and he said angrily with tears in his tiger eyes, "Captain, you actually doubt my loyalty?"
(End of this chapter)
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